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A59140	A new systeme of geography, designed in a most plain and easy method for the better understanding of that science accommodated with new mapps of all the countreys, regions, empires, monarchis, kingdoms, principalities, dukedoms, marquesates, dominions, estates, republiques, Soveraignties, governments seignories, provinces, and countreys in the whole world with geographical tables, explaining the divisions in each mapp / John Seller ...	Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.	1685 (1685)	Wing S2477; ESTC R3904	48,442	207

A NEW SYSTEME OF Geography Designed in a Most Plain and Easy Method for the better Understanding of that Science Accommodated With NEW MAPPS OF ALL THE Countreys Regions Empires Monarchie Kingdoms Principalities Dukedoms Marquesates Dominions Estates Republiques Soveraignties Governments Seignories Provinces and Countreys in the whole World WITH Geographical Tables Explaining the Divisions in Each Mapp By John Seller Hydrographer to the King And are Sold at his Shop on the West-side of the Royal Exchange A New Systeme of GEOGRAPHY Reduced to a Plain Easy Method For the Ready finding out any Empire Kingdom Principality or Government in the whole World By John Seller Hydrographer to the King Europe Asia Africa America A New SYSTEME OF Geography The Elements and Principles of Geography CHAP. I. Of the Nature and Division of Geography GEOGRAPHY is a Science shewing the Divisions and Distinctions of the Earthly Globe as it is a Spherical Body Composed of Earth and Water for that both these do together make one Globe 2. And hence the Parts of Geography are two the one concerns the Earthy and the other the Watry part 3. The Earthy part of the Globe may be divided into Continents and Islands 4. A Continent is a great quantity of Land not Separated by any Sea from the rest of the World as the whole Continent of Europe Asia and Africa 5. An Island is a part of Land Environed with some Sea or other as the Islands of Great-Britain and Ireland with the Ocean The Island of Sicilia with the Mediterranean 6. Both those are Subdivided into Peninsula Isthmus Promontorium 7. Peninsula is a Tract of Land which being almost Encompassed round by Water is joined with some little part or neck of Land 8. Isthmus is that narrow neck of Land which joineth the Peninsula to the Continent thus is Africa joined to Asia only by that small neck of Land that is Contained between the Mediterranean and the Arabian Gulf called the Red Sea 9. Promontorium is a high Mountain which shooteth it self into the Sea the utmost end thereof is called a Cape as Cape Bona Esperance in Africa 10. The Watery part of the Globe is Destinguished by Divers Names as Oceanus Maro Fretum Sinus Lacus and Fluvius 1. Oceanus or Ocean is that Great general Collection of Waters that Encompasseth the Earth on every side 2. Mare the Sea is a part of the Main Ocean to which we cannot come but through some Fretum or Strait as Mare Meditterraneum and sometimes takes its Name from the Adjacent Shore as Mare Adriaticum from the City of Adria or from a first Discoverer as Mare Magelanicum 3. Fretum or Strait Is a part of the Ocean straitned between some Narrow bounds and opening the Way to some Sea as the Straits of Gibralter the Straits of Magelan c. 4. Sinus Is a Gulf or Bay or any Indraught of Water as the Gulf of Venice the Gulf of Mexico the Bay of Biscaia and the Bay of Bengale in the East-Indies 5. Lacus or a Lake is a Body or Collection of Waters which hath no visible Intercourse with the Sea or Influx into it as the Lake of Geneva and the Lake of Asphaltites or Dead Sea in the Land of Canaan 6. Fluvius or River is a Water-course Issuing from some Spring or Lake And Emptyeth it self into some part of the Sea a great River as the Rhine the Thames c. CHAP. II. Of the Circles of the Sphere THere are ten Circles of the Sphere six great and four lesser The Six great Circles are the Meridian the Horizon the Equinoctial the Ecliptick the two Colures all which divide the Sphere into two Equal parts The four lesser Circles are the two Tropiques and the two Polar Circles each of which Divides the Sphere into two unequal parts The Meridian is a great Circle which passeth through both the Poles of the World and through the Zenith and Nadir Points and sheweth the Latitudes of all places on the Earth The Horizon is also a great Circle which divideth the visible part of the Heavens which we see from those we see not The Equinoctial is a great Circle 90 Degrees from either Pole in which Circle are reckoned the Longitude of all places on the Earth from any certain Meridian Assigned which Primary Meridian from whence the Longitude of places in all the Mapps in this Treatise doth Commence is that which passeth through the Island of Pico Teneriffa and from thence Reckoned Eastward round the World The Ecliptique is a great Circle divided by the Equinoctial into two Equal Parts one declining towards the North and the other towards the South the greatest Obliquity being 23 Degrees 30 Minutes The Colures are two great Circles of the Sphere Intersecting each other at Right Angles in the Poles of the World One is called the Solstitial the other the Equinoctial Colure The Solstitial Colure is that which passeth through the Poles of the World and cutteth the Ecliptique in the Points of Cancer and Capricorne The Equinoctial Colure passeth through the Poles of the World and cutteth the Ecliptique and the Equator in the Points of Aries and Libra by which Points the four Seasons of the Year are Distinguished A MAPP OF THE FIVE ZONES The Four Lesser Circles of the Sphere The four lesser Circles of the Sphere are the two Tropiques and the two Polar Circles which Circles Divides the Earth into five broad Spaces called Zones which are distinguished in the following Chapter CHAP. III. Of the Division of the Earth by Zones A Zone is a broad Space of the Earth limited by the Tropiques and the Polar Circles and are five in Number one Torrid or burning Zone two Temperate and two Frozen Zones 1. The Torrid or Burning Zone is that Space of Earth and Sea Contained between the two Tropiques and is 47 Degrees in Breadth 2. The two Temperate Zones are that Space Contained between each Tropique and the Polar Circles one called the North and the other the South Temperate Zone And are each of them 43 Degrees in Breadth 3. The two Frozen Zones are those Spaces Contained between each Polar Circle and the Poles of the world 4. The Inhabitants of those Zones in Respect of the Diversity of their Noon Shadowes are Divided into three Kindes Amphiscii Heteroscii and Periscii 5. Those that inhabit in the Torrid Zone are called Amphiscii because their Noon-shadows are Diversly cast sometimes towards the North and sometimes towards the South according to the Position of the Sun when it is on the North or South side of their Zenith or Vertical Point and their Shadows are cast accordingly viz. If the Sun be to the Northward then their Shadow is cast to the Southward and so on the Contrary 6. Those Inhabitants that live in the Temperate Zones are called Heteroscii because their Noon Shadows are cast but one way and that either North or South Those who live in the North Temperate Zone their Noon Shadows are alwaies cast towards

wealth in some places they have good VVines and Corn. Of Italy I Taly is the most famous Region of Europe very much Resembling the form of a mans legg A most Pleasant Countrey Commodious for Traffique and Exceeding fertile 'T is bounded on the East with the Adriatick Sea South and West with the Tyrrhene Sea on the North with the Alps being in length 1020 Miles and in Breadth not above 440. in the Broadest place It abounds with Corre Wine and Oyl yields plenty of Almonds Pomegranats c. The whole Countrey seeming as an intire Garden The People were Anciently famous for their Valour and Prudence and are still Courteous and Grave and very Obliging to Strangers yet much Enclining to Jealousy and Wantonness and sharp Revenge sparing in Diet but neat their greatest Expences are about their Gardens Here about 1600 year agoe the Latine tongue Florish'd being vulgarly spoken but afterwards by the Invasions of the Gothes and Vandales and other Barbarous Nations the Common Speech became mixed and degenerated which at this day we call the Italian and is still a most Delicate Noble and Courtly Language The Capitall City is Rome once Mistris of the World in Temporalls and still pretending to be so in Spiritualls in Compass about 11 Miles but full of Gardens and waste ground so that its supposed not to Contain above 250000 Soules two parts in three of whom are Clergy men and Curtezans But in the Flourishing of the Roman Empire it contained 50 Miles in Compass and not Fewer then 3 or 4 Millions of People as is found in Authentick History After the Emperours removed their Seat to Constantinople the Bishop of Rome taking Advantage by their absence by pretended Donation from Constantine made himself absolute Prince of a great part of Italy called St. Peters Patrimony and the Lands of the Church and the rest in time became Cantonized into severall Petty Principalities and States In the Bottom of the Adriatick now called the Gulf of Venice stands the famous City and Virgin Commonwealth of Venice Situate on many Islands and the water running through every street being in compass 8 Miles Containing 70 Parishes many Excellent Pallaces and Curious Buildings Of the Principal Islands in the Mediteranean Sea Of Sicilia THis Island is the chiefest of all the others in the Mediterranean Sea and is a Kingdom of it self it is in Circuit about 780 Miles it is of a Triangular Shape It is very plentiful and abundant in most things especially Corn it yields most Delicate Wines sweet Oyl Sugar Honey Silk Safron great store of Salt and by reason of the sweet Temperature they have all Sorts of Fruits as also Mines of Gold Silver Iron and Allom there are also found Emeraulds and Agates and other Precious Stones The Countrey breeds an Excellent Race of Horses and amongst the Hills and Mountaines there is the famous Mount Etna now called Mount Gibello although it lyes covered with Snow et from the topp Issues forth flame and smoke and sometimes casteth forth such a quantity of Ashes that the fields are Covered therewith There are at present 12 Episcopall Cityes the three whereof as Palermo Messina and Monwale are Arch Bishopricks all very rich Palermo is the Royal seat of the whole Kingdome The Sicilians are very Ingenious and sharpe witted People Eloquent and Pleasant desirous of Honour the Island is under the Power of the King of Spain Of Sardinia THe Island of Sardinia lyeth in the Mediterranean or Tyrrhenean Sea whose Circuit is 560 Miles it is Divided into two parts one is more Hilly then the other the Island produce 〈◊〉 Excellent Wines and abundance of Cattell and great store of Cheese they have good Horses but not very high here are many hot Bathes Salt pitts Mine● of Silver Brimstone and Allom. This Island hath two Arch Bishopricks the one is Cagliari and is the chief City Seated on a Mountain having a fair Port the other is Oristano very meanly Inhabited by reason of a bad Ayre is has a Port and a great River The Sardes are a Rude People and uncivil well able to endure Labour and hardness good Hunters not daynty in food not Curious in Apparell They formerly had a language of their own but now Corrupted and in the the Cities they speak Spanish Of Corsica THis Island hath been Inhabited with divers Sorts of People it is in length 120 Miles It is Divided into two parts the Easterne part is called the Interior and the other on the West called the Exterior side the Island is every where Enclosed with Rocky Clifts and within the land very Hilly it produceth Horses of a fierce Nature and Hounds of a wonderfull Bigness First this Island was possessed by the Tyrheans and afterwards by the Carthaginians but they were driven out by the Romans which were also Expulsed by the Saracens which were likewise subdued by the Genoeses under whose Jurisdiction it remaines Of Malta THis Island is renowned for the residence of the great Master of the Knights of Jerusalem the Circuit is 60 Miles the land is Stony without River in it they have store of Sheep Goats Oxen Asses Mules Coneyes and Partridges the Inhabitants ●re very brown swarthy Colour by reason of the heat of Summer the Women are fair but they hate Company and when they goe abroad they are Covered Upon this Island was the Shipwrack of St. Paul the chief town and seat of the Bishop is called Malta Of Corfu COrsu is one of the Islands in the Ionian Sea in Circuit 300 Miles and 40. in length the South part Hilly but the North part plain one Mountain Excepted which stands neer the Sea on whose top is seated Castle Nova underneath it Castle Vechio and at the foot of the Hill lyes the City of Corfu shut in and enclosed between those two Castles the Aire is very sweet and good it abounds with Cedar trees Orange trees and other Fruits it is Plentifull in Honey Wax Wine and Oyl Fish and wild Fowl and wild Beasts to the great pleasure and pastime of the Inhabitants in their Hunting and Hawking Recreations Of Candia THis Island is one of the most famous in the Mediterranean Sea it reaches 270 Miles in length and 50 Miles in breadth This Isle was ormerly called Crete and had at that time 100 Cities it is Hilly in the Easterne part it abounds with Olive trees Oranges Cedars and Excellent Wine called Malmsey or Muscadine and in their Valleyes Exceeding fair Pastures This Island hath been lately famous for the great and eninent defence it made against the Turk but at last was forc'd to yield the Conquest thereof to them so the Venetians lost it after a long and tedious siege The Chiefe City of the Island is called Candia Of Cyprus THis Island is 550 Miles in Circumference in length it is 200 and in breadth 65 Miles It is Divided into two parts by a Mountain which runs through it from East and West the Ayre is very hot

they administer the Ordinance of the Lords Supper to Infants presently after they are Baptized they Baptise themselves in Ponds and Lakes every Ephiphany day supposing that to be the day that John Baptized Christ in Jordan Titles of the Emperor as Dr. Heylin doth inform us are as followeth viz. Supream of his Kingdoms and the beloved of God the Pillar of Faith sprung from the stock of Judah The Son of David the Son of Solomon the Son of the Column of Sion the Son of the seed of Jacob the Son of Mary the Son of Naha after the flesh the Son of St. Peter and St. Paul after the Spirit Emperour of the higher and lower Ethiopia t. Of the Islands Belonging to AFRICA THose that are situate in the Occidental or Atlantick Ocean may be Marshall'd into three Bodies of Islands viz. the Islands of the Azores the Canaries and the Islands of Cape de Verde Of the Islands of Azores THe Azores are nine in number which are 1 St. Michael 2. St. Maries 3. Tercera 4. St. Gratiosa 5. St. George 6. Foial and 7. Pico 8. Flores and 9. Corvo The Air of these Islands is gegerally good they are well stored with Flesh Fish and Fruits Of the Canary Islands THe Canary Islands are in number seven The Names are as followeth viz. 1. Lancerotta 2. Forteventura 3. Canaria 4. Teneriffa 5. Palma 6 Ferro and Gomera These Island abounds in excellent Wines Honey Wax Sugar Oade Lawrel-trees Dragon-trees out of which they draw a Red Liquor called by our Apothecaries Sanguis Draconis Also Corn and Sugars and all sorts of Fruits stored well with Cattle and is therefore the victualling place of the King of Spains Plate-Fleet To the Northward of these Islands lyeth the Island of Madera belonging to the Crown of Portugal The Air very wholsom refresht with pleasant Fountains and Rivers it yields also a pleasant Wine called Madera Wine The Islands of Cape de Verd. THese Islands are in number ten bearing the name of 1. St. Mayo 2. St. Anthonyes 3. St. Vincent 4. St. Luce 5. St. Nicholas 6. Isle de Sal 7. Bana Vista 8. Isle de Fuogo 9. Brava 10. St. Jago Some of these Islands yields good store of Salt but the Air of them is not very wholsome Princes Island yields Fruit Sugar and Ginger and is the Revenue of the Prince of Portugal and therefore called Princes Island Annobon yields Sugars Cottons Cattle and Excellent Fruits and Oranges Inhabited by Portugalls St. Helena lying in sixteen degrees south latitude belonging to the East-India Company well furnished with good water which alone is a great refreshment to the Ships that return from India the Valleyes are very Fertile the Air healthful that sick persons are in a short time restored to their health There are also in this Sea the Islands of Ascention and St. Mathewes affording Fowls and Wild Beasts but not Inhabited Zocatora and Babel Mandel lies towards the Red Sea where the passage is narrow and most convenient from the Coast of Africa Zocatora near Cape Gauderfu is under the Jurisdiction of an Arabian King it is a good Road and hath convenient Bays where Ships may ride secure among the very Rocks It affords excellent Fishing Cattle in great abundance and is famous for the quantity and goodness of its Aloes Of Madagascar THe Island of Madagascar is the bigest of all the Islands that belong to Africa The Air is temperate the soyl produces several sorts of Grains and Trees the Waters excellent the Fruits delicious The Mountains are full of wood Pasturage and Plants c. The Natives very black and of Rude Behaviour partaking of the Customs and Manners of the Africans A General Description OF AMERICA CHAP. I. AMERICA so called from one Americus Vespucius who following the Steps and Examples of Columbus and Cabot Discovered a part of this great Continent which might as properly have been called Columbana Sebastiana or Cabotia but most improperly the West Indies It is bounded on the East with the Atlantick Ocean on the West with the Pacifick Ocean on the South with Terra Australis Incognita from which it is separated by the Streights of Magellan The North bounds of it not hitherto so well known as that we can certainly affirm it to be an Island or Continent The Natives are Fair and Clear little inclining unto Blackness being generally Tall and well proportioned their Eys little and black strong and healthful for the most part Naked unless a Cloth about their Waste Their Language high and lofty in signification for one Word serveth instead of two or three the rest are supplied by the understanding of the hearer Their Houses are Mats or Bark of Trees set on Poles in a fashion of our English Barnes they lie on Reeds or Grass As to the other Rights and Customs I shall mention in the respective place For their Original 't is supposed to be of the Jewish Race that is of the Stock of the Ten Tribes and that for the Reasons following 1. They were to go to a Land not planted or known 2. Their Countenances and Children resemble the Jews 3. They also agree in several Rites and Ceremonies for they reckon by the Moon 4. They Offer their first Fruits 5. Many words they have of the Hebrew Ideom amongst them 6. They have a kind of Feast of Tabernacles 7. They are said to Build their Altar upon Twelve Stones 8. Their Mourning is a Year 10. Customs of Women as to their Separation from their Husbands after the manner of the Law of Moses It is commonly divided into Two Parts viz into South and North America the several Colomes thereof take as follow CHAP. II. Of South America in Particular Of Magellanick Land IT lies upon the Southernmost part of America near the Streights of Magellan whose Name it still bears It is a very poor Countrey much subject to Cold the Natives live in Caves We have the Names of some places as 1. Desaguadore and 2. Magellanick but having no perfect knowledge of them I can say little thereto Of Paraguay PAraguay or rather Plata so called by reason of a River of that Name that Waters it the Countrey is very pleasant and delightful for it abounds in Corn Vineyards Fruit Trees and Cattle in abundance places of most note are 1. St. Jago D'estra 2. Villa Rica and 3. St. Anne Of Chili CHili bears the Name of one of her Valleys much subject to Cold yet in some parts the Soil is so fertile and pleasant that no part in all America more resembles Europe it yields Ostriches Copper and the finest Gold in the World St. Jago Imperiale Baldavia and Castro are the principal places of Chili Of Peru. PEru though it gives Name to all the South America yet it is but meanly furnished with Food the chiefest thing being Maize which is not very Plentiful The Commodities are Gold Cotten and some Medicinal Drugs it is divided into 1. Quiro 2. Truxillo 3.

other hour at London The forementioned Instrument doth most readily perform the same Operations by Noting what hour stands against any place in the Moveable Rundle as suppose you turn London to Twelve a Clock then you will find the hour of Rising Supper time of going to Bed and Midnight at the places before Mentioned There is also another Pleasant Operation to be performed by this Mapp to know what company we have of Divers Nations to rise with us to go to Dinner when we do and to Sup and go to bed at the same time with us that is to say all those Inhabitants that dwell under our Meridian or hour Circle which are French Spaniards Moores and Negroes all which Nations Rise Dine Sup and go to bed when we do CHAP. IX Giving the Content or Quantity of the whole World in Acres and of every Kingdom and Province thereof THe Globe of the World is supposed to be one third part water and Seas And one third part not Inhabited And one third part inhabited which Containeth in Acres as followeth In Europe England 29000568. Acres Scotland 14000432. Acres Ireland 18000000. Acres The Ten Spanish Provinces 7197000. Acres The Seven United Provinces 3599000. Acres France 82879000. Acres Spain 67000535. Acres Italy 44000257. Acres Vnder Spain Naples 11704000. Acres Lumbardy 1640000. Acres Savoy 1910000. Acres Piedmont 1160000. Acres Under Venice Trevisano 2584000. acres Verona 480000. acres Friul 1047000. acres Mantua 480000. acres Tuscany 4785000. acres Suria and Florence 1480000. acres Mercia Ancona 1412000. acres Parma 885000. acres Sicilia 3113000. acres Under Rome Liguria 1415000. acres Romania 1085000. acres Heturia 540000. acres Latium 480000. acres Cyprus 1601000. acres Corsica 1395000. acres Sardinia 4089000. acres Candia Under the Turk 2060000. acres Under Germany Saxony 3484000. acres Misnia 3249000. acres Turingia 1093000. acres Lnsatia 2572000. acres Bavaria 3249000. acres Holsatia 3644000. acres Helvetia 1232000. acres Basil 842000. acres Sweburgh 2109000. acres Saltsburgh 1063000. acres Trier Mentz Spires 4237000. acres Stratsburgh and Wormes 4237000. acres Juliers 348000. acres Cleve 258000. acres West-Phalia 2300000. acres Osnah 358. acres Silesia 5706000. acres Bohemia 7024000. acres Austria 6121000. acres Moravia 4114000. acres Pomerania 3249000. acres Brandenburg 6208000. acres Mecklenburg 2107000. acres Franconia 6361000. acres Tyrol 3249000. acres Carinthia 1588000. acres Stiria 1779000. acres Palatine of the Rhine 4361000. acres Wortemburg 1223000. acres Emden 230000. acres Oldenbourg 449000. acres Liege 548000. acres Cologne 215000. acres In all 93000646. acres Russia 9607000. acres Voshinia 5762000. acres Massovia 196000. acres Livonia 34115000. acres Poland 19205000. acres The Dominions of Denmark Danmark 10426000. acres Norway 28492000. acres Holstein 1065000. acres Ditmarsh 337000. acres The Dominions of Sweden Swoden 57430000. acres Finland 7531000. acres Gothia 20936000. acres Hungaria 385367000. acres Dalmatia 385367000. acres Transilvania 385367000. acres and all Turky 385367000. acres in Europe 385367000. acres Part of Russia or Muscovia 232558000. acres in Europe Contains 232558000. acres Part of Muscovia in Asia Contains 128817000. acres Tartary 299110000. acres Persia 385367000. acres East-Indies 587200000. acres In Africa Africa 1541883000. acres In America North part of America 1152400000. acres South part of America 1349133000. acres So that the whole Sum of the Habitable Part of the World is six Milliars six hundred and 23 Millions and Seventy thousand Acres ☞ Note that a Milliar is one Thousand Millions A Table shewing the bearing Distance and Longest day and difference of Meridians of most of the principal Cities in the World from the Famous City of London Names of the places The way or Point of bearing Dist in miles Longest day Differ meridi       H. M. H. M. Alexandria-in Egypt s e. by e. 2196 14 00 1 42 Amsterdam in Holland e. by no. 266 16 40 0 28 Athens in Greece s e. by e. 1641 14 40 0 56 Antwerp in Brabant East fere 248 26 28 0 24 Barwick in England Nor. fere 267 17 24 0 2 Babylon in Chaldea ea so ea 2724 14 25 3 56 Bethsaida in Canaan s e. by e. 2365 14 6 2 29 Bermudas West Ocean w. so w. 3409 14 10 4 56 Cali●ute in East-Iudia s e. by e. 5214 12 20 6 8 Calis in France ea by so 86 16 25 0 9 Constantinople in Turky ea so ea 1547 15 15 2 24 Dublin in Ireland n.w. by w. 296 17 15 0 26 Dantzick in Prusia ea no. ea 961 17 5 1 44 Damascus Turky in Asia ea so ea 2404 14 15 3 16 Edenburgh in Scotland North 328 17 40 0 0 Ephesus in Greece e. s e. 1808 14 40 2 30 Florence in Italy sou east 801 15 10 0 57 Frankford in Germany East fere 448 16 15 0 47 Hamburgh in Germany ea no. ea 538 18 0 0 56 Hierusalem in Canaan s e. by e. 2352 14 8 3 3 Isleland in the N. sea n. n. w. 930 21 44 0 52 Joppa in Canaan s e. by e. 2938 14 6 5 0 Lisbone in Portugal so so w. 985 14 45 1 0 Middleburgh in Zeland East 295 16 30 0 20 Mentx in Germany East 410 16 25 0 45 Millain in Italy s e. fere 645 15 22 0 48 Morocco in Barbary so by w. 1449 14 0 0 28 Mexico in America w. by so 6844 13 20 9 59 Naples in Italy So. by e. 1051 14 50 0 16 Niniveh in Asia e. so ea 2635 14 30 3 52 Paris in France s s e. 215 15 57 0 20 Philippi in Macedonia e. s e. 1395 15 10 2 10 Prague in Bohemie East fere 700 16 15 1 14 Quinzai the greatest City in the world E. by S. 7272 13 35 u 28 Rome in Italy s e. by e. 887 15 4 1 7 Spiers in Germany c. by s 430 16 2 0 46 Strawsborough ea by s 432 16 0 2 41 Toledo in Spain so by w. 934 14 30 5 36 Troy in Greece e. s e. 1605 15 0 2 25 Venice in Italy e. s e. 744 15 28 1 3 Sivil in Spain so by w. 950 14 40 0 52 York in England No. fere 150 17 0 0 4 LONDON     16 26 0 0 FINIS A Geographical Description OF THE WORLD CHAP. I. Of the World in General THe surfare of the Earth is Divided into two great Continents one of which is Divided into Europe Asia and Africa and the other into two viz. North and South America as are plainly soen in the Mapp of the World with their names in the midst in Capital Letters There is but little difficulty about the bounds after that which joyns Europe and Asia is Considered for bating the little Isthmus made by the Mediterranean and Mare Rubrum which containes the Limits of Asia and Africa there is no part of the said Quarters which is not Surrounded by the Sea For the separation then or Boundary between Europe and Asia Geographers are of various Opinions Concerning this Division Some Divide it thus with a line drawn through the Egean Sea and Helespont through the Euxine

and but little water there falls little raine it abounds with all things needfull for life it produceth great store of Corn and other Pulse and Grain Oyl excellent Wine Sugar and Cotten-Wool Honey Turpentine Verdigreace Brass and all Sort of Mettals Salt and Grogrames of Goats hayre the Women Lascivious This Kingdome is Divided into 11 Provinces the Chief City is Nicosia adorned with sair Churches and sumptuous Pallaces it was once in the Possession of the Venetians but now under the Turk Of Majorca and Minorca TWo Istands about 60 miles from Spain the first 300 the second is 150 Miles in Circuit and both Indifferent Fruitfull Of Cephalonia and Zant THese Islands each of them are in Compass 60 Miles or there abouts they have plenty of Currans and Oyl and Wine and are under the Venetians Of Germany GErmany is Divided into two parts High and Low High Germany is bounded on the West with France and Belgium on the North with Denmark and the Baltique Sea on the East with Prussia Poland and Hungary and on the South with the Alps and Italy The Country is almost Square each side being 650 Miles it hath one General Governour called the Emperour a Name derived from the Ancient Roman Emperours but retains very little of that Power for most of the other Princes are absolute in their Respective Dominions whence this mighty Body by Reason of Various Interests and Differences becomes nothing so formidable as it would be if firmly united under one Soveraign Monarch The Principal Regions are presented to you in the Table of Germany the whole Country abounds with most things necessary for Life Its Commodities are Mines of Silver an other Inferiour Metals Wines and fresh Fish Quick-Silver Allom c. The People are Honest Laborious and Sincere Stout Drinkers and Good Souldiers The Women of Indifferent Complexions but somewhat corpulent as for their Diet There is this Proverb The Germans have much meat but Sluttishly drest The French little but neatly Cookt The Spaniards neither one nor the other The Title of the Father descends to all the Children every Son of a Duke is a Duke every Daughter a Dutchess For Religion some are Papists others Protestants which latter are again divided into Lutherans and Calvinists Of the Seventeen Provinces LOwer Germany is that which is called Belgium or the Netherlands and is bounded on the East with the River Ems and part of High Germany on the West with the German Sea on the North with East Freesland and on the South with the Some Champaign and Lorrain containing in all Seventeen Provinces But we shall only speak here of the seven United Provinces or Dutch Common-Wealth The Names of which are Holland Zealand Vtrecht Over-Issel Zutphen Gronixgen and West-Friesland which was first made in the year 1581. on their Revolt from their Ancient Soveraign the King of Spain against whom by the great Assistance of the English and Princes of Orange they Waged War many years so successfully that he was at last forced to treat with them as a Free State These Countries are exceeding Populous being a People very Industrious they have attempted to Grasp the Trade of this part of the World into their hands In these Provinces the Women govern all both within doors and without and make all bargains which makes them injurious and Troublesom the Eldest Daughter is of the greatest Reputation yet hath no larger Portion then the rest they Marry Noble with Ignoble young with old Master with Servants and into strange Townes and Forreign Countrys There are within Holland also a great Number of Lakes and standing Waters They want both Corn Wine Oyl Wood Wool Hemp Flax and almost all other Commodities and yet there is not any Countrey in the North which abounds so much as Holland and Zealand in almost all the forementioned Commodities so great is the Advantages these Provinces receive by the Sea The ten Catholick Provinces or Spanish Netherlands THe ten Spanish Provinces are these Flanders Limburg Luxenburg Brabant the Marquesate of the Holy Empire Artots Henault Namurs Meckline and Gerderland The Soil is very Fruitful and mightily Peopled but exceedingly wasted and impoverished by the late Wars and Incursions made in their Country by the French King In these Countrys belonging to the King of Spain are 208. Walled Townes 150. Townes priviledged as walled Townes 6300. Villages with Parish Churches besides a great Number of Villages and Hamblets There are five principle Rivers in the seventeen Provinces The Rhine the Meuse the Scheld the Haa and Emes The Meuse affords abundance of Sturgeon so big that some of them weigh four hundred and some four hundred and twenty pounds and are twelve foot long of Antwerp Measure The Scheld doth also abound with most sorts of Fish They have divers Forrests and Woods well stored with Red and Fallow Deer Goates Wild Boares Hares Coneys Badgers Wolves Foxes c. which yeild good Furrs The Fowl in these Countries are Partridges Feasants Turtle-Doves Quailes and any sort of Birds as we have in England The two Principal Cities in these Countreys are Amsterdam in the Seven United Provinces and Antwerp in the Ten Provinces Amsterdam standeth upon the Gulf Tye and is built upon Piles under the Ground as Venice is so that the buildings under ground are more chargable then above It is very rich in Merchandise the buildings are very Sumptuous and Fair. Antwerp lyes on the right side of the Scheld it flourisheth exceedingly in the Number of Inhabitants in beautiful Buildings and in Merchandizing which is chiefly occasioned by the the Commodiousness of the Scheld it being a River of so great bredth and depth and Ebbing and Flowing so far into the Sea Of Norway Norway the Western parts of Scandanavia is a place very Barren and Mountainous so that instead of bread the People eat dried Fish which we call Stock-fish They export Furs Train-Oyl Timber Deals Clapboard It is a Kingdom of it self and divided into five Governments or Provinces 1. The Government of Bahus the chief Towns Bahus and Maerstrand 2. That of Agger the chief Towns is Agger Opslo and Frederick Stadt 3. That of Bergen the chief Town Bergen the Residence of the Vice-Roy 4. The Government of Dronthem the chief Town Dronthem the Seat of the Ancient Kings of Norway 5. Wardhuyse the chief Town Wardhuyse near the North Cape of Norway The Normegians are little given to si●kness and are of a strong Constitution their great inclination to Sorcery makes them have the Reputation of selling the VVinds to the Scamen Of Sweden THe Kingdom of Sweden hath on the East Muscovia On the West the Dofriae-Hills that part that side from Norway on the North the Frozen Seas and on the South the Baltick The Country is little less then Italy and France put together The People are good VVarriers and live hardly the Ayr is sharp but so salubrious that it is ordinary for men to live 100 years It aboundeth with Lead

and Judaism Mahometism possesses Barbary Biledulgerid Egypt Zaara the desart part of the Negroes and a good part of Zangubar Paganism holds part of the Negroes Nubia and Guinea and all the Lower Ethiopia with the Cafrees and some mixture otherwhere Christianity holds in Africa almost all the whole Empire of the Abissines and part of Egypt and by the Portugals in their several Factories and Colonies that they have upon the Coasts of Africa As for Judaism it is scattered in many Cities on the Coast of Barbary as at Morocco Fez Algier c. Likewise in Egypt and on the Confines of the Abassines CHAP. II. Of the Country of Africa in particular Of Barbary THe People in Barbary are of a duskish or blackish Complexion of Stature Tall and well proportioned they are of an Active Disposition for Horsemanship otherwise excessive idle they are very subtil close perfidious inconstant Proud much addicted to Luxury and therefore by consequence very jealous of their Wives whom they keep with great severity and that the more according to their handsomness Their Religon is Mahometism and are for the most part inclined to Literature and Arts. The Moores of Fez and Morocco are well disposed strong active and yet melancholly they may marry four Wives and as many Concubines as they can keep Here the women at the death of their friends assemble themselves together habit themselves in Sackeloath and Ashes and sing a Funeral Dirge to the praise of the deceased and at the end of every Verse howl and cry and this they do for seven days together Of Billedulgerid BIlledulgerid or Land of Dates hath Barbary on the North from whence it is separated by Mount Atlas on the south Zaara on the west the great Ocean Sea and on the East Egypt The Air is healthful they live long are deformed and are held base people ignorant of all things are addicted to Theft Murther and are very deceitful they feed grosly and are great hunters they acknowledge Mahomet Of Zaara ZAara is an Arabian name and signifie Desart The Country is generally hot and dry it hath but little water except some few wells and those salt if there falls great rains the Land is much better but besides the leanness of the soil there is sometimes such vast quantities of Grashoppers that they eat and ruine all that the earth produceth It is so barren and ill Inhabited that a man may travel a week together without seeing a tree or scarce any grass or water The People are Bereberes and Africans almost all follow Mahometism This great desart is divided into five principal parts as is shewed in the Table and Map Of the Land of Negroes THe Negroes are People about the River Niger which hath taken its name from these people and these people from their Colour In this Division are placed several Kingdoms as you will find marshall'd in the Table and what is remarkable in them we shall briefly touch Some of the Kingdoms are rich in Grain Cotton Cattle and Gold the Country of the Negroes is esteemed as fertile as those watred with the Nilo it bears twice a year and each time sufficient to furnish them with Corn for five whole years which makes them not sow the Lands but when they judge they shall have need they keep their Corn in Pits and Ditches under ground which they call Matamores The People are generally idle and ignorant but bear great respect to their Kings Of Guinea GVinea is that part of the Coast of Africa which is found between the River Niger and the Equinoctial Line This Coast from East to West is 7 or 800 Leagues long and not above 100 or 150 in breadth The Soil of Guinea very fertile and for the most part bears twice a year because they have two Summers and two winters The Comodities of the Country are Gold and Elephants Teeth in great abundance in Wax Hides Cotton and Ambergreese and for these Commodities they barter for course Cloath both Lannen and Woolen Red Caps Freez Mantles and Gowns and leather bags Guns Swords Copper Bars and Iron Knives Hammers Axes c. The Inhabitants go naked save about their Waste they tye a piece of Linnen yet very proud and stately in matters of Religion great Idolaters worshiping Beasts on this Coast are several Factories belonging to the Royal African Company Of Congo TO the southward of the Equinoctial Line and unto Cape Negroe lies the Kingdom of Congo and is said to be the fairest of the lower Ethiopia The Inhabitants are naturally very sweet and are able and strong of body but dull and idle their money is of grey shells their Grains Fruits Waters Fowl Sea and River Fish are excellent they have store of Elephants Mines of Silver Iron Chrystal Marble Jaspar Porphyre c. They know no History but by the Reigns of their Kings The most famous Rivers of this Kingdom are the Zaer the Lelunda the Zair descends from the Lane of Zair from whence also descends the Nile The Zaer hath 400 Leagues Course and is very Rapid by reason of the Cataracts or great falls which it hath from the Mountains Of Biafara BIafara is a Kingdom in the lower Ethiopia in the Gulf of St. Thomas by our English-Seamen called the Bight the people very Barbarous their habits made of Mats they adict themselves to Witchcraft and sometimes sacrificing their children to Devils Of Monomotapa THE Monomotapa that is the Emperor King or Soveraign of Motapa and possesses an Empire so great that it is 1000 Leagues Circuit this Prince deports himself with gravity and that there is no access to his person but with very great submissions he is alwayes adorned with Chains and precious stones like a woman The Inhabitants are all black of mean Stature and excellent good footmen that they are said to out-run horses The Woods have great store of Elephants as also other Beasts rich Pastures well surnished with Cattle plenty with Grains Fruits Fowl and is well watered with Rivers in which are abundance of Fish the Air temporate their summer is when we have our winter and their winter is when we have our Summer Of the Abissines THE Empire of the Abissines Heylin makes to be the Dominions of Prester John and saith he is of such great force that he is able to raise upon a sudden occasion a million of fighting men his Government is absolutely Tyrannical The people profess the Christian Religion which was first made known to them by the Eunuch of Queen Candace who was baptized by Philip the Evangelist and more generally by the Preaching of Saint Mathew the Apostle since which they have much swerved from the Purity of the true Religion by their many Corrupt Opinions they keep many of the Ceremonies of the old Law they keep the seventh day Sabbath according to the fourth Commandment they allow their Priests no yearly maintenance neither will they suffer them to beg they get their livelyhood by their own labour